Nucletron, an Elekta company, has introduced its redesigned Flexitron remote afterloading platform. Flexitron emphasizes safety and efficiency in the brachytherapy workflow, increasing the clinician's confidence that execution of all workflow steps will proceed as planned for brachytherapy/treatment delivery.

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a method for assessing the effect of tamoxifen, a common drug to prevent the relapse of breast cancer. The key lies in monitoring changes in the proportion of dense tissue, which appears white on a mammogram, during treatment. Women who show a pronounced reduction in breast density during tamoxifen treatment have a 50 percent reduction in breast cancer mortality. This tool provides doctors with the possibility to assess whether a patient is responding to tamoxifen at an early phase of treatment.

HealthTrust has awarded IRadimed Corp. a contract for its MRidium magnet resonance imaging (MRI) Infusion Pump Systems. The agreement makes the MRidium systems available to the more than 1,400 nonprofit and for-profit acute care facility members served by HealthTrust. The MRidium System was awarded the contract under HealthTrust's MR Compatible IV Pump category.

SonoSim Personal Solution

SonoSim Inc. has introduced the SonoSim Personal Solution, which allows users to convert their own computers into personal ultrasound training systems. Handheld ultrasound technology is a proven way of improving medical care and reducing healthcare costs. A longstanding and seemingly insurmountable barrier to wide-scale adoption of these lifesaving devices has been the high opportunity cost of training care providers. The SonoSim Personal Solution overcomes this barrier by providing integrated hands-on ultrasound training, online courses and performance assessment anytime-anywhere. Trainees can access patients on-demand and virtually scan real-patient cases comprising a myriad of pathologies.

Aspect Imaging has announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Company's M2 compact magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system for diagnostic imaging of the wrist. The system is a compact, high-performance MRI instrument for rapid, just-in-place imaging of the wrist. Its design encompasses many of the benefits of Aspect Imaging's compact MRI design — affordability, compact design, patient-centric ergonomics, powerful MR-based imaging and simple, quiet operation.

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